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Old March 28th, 2010, 22:56   #14
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I have a (i believe) B6 clone...the Venom Pro charger. Works great, has a balancer block, thing is.........
I was balance charging a new LiPo last night, all good until I go to unplug the batt from the block. Little puff of smoke comes out of the balance block. Can a LiPo actually send some charge back? I had unplugged the charger and the traxxas plug from the batt, balancer was last and ... Poof!!

Any thoughts?
A LiPo does send voltage to the balancer... that is how the thing know if the pack is balanced or not.

It is not a copy/rebrand of the B6. And comming from Venom I am not surprised it burnt. I am using some batteries from them and they don't even last a practice race...
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